Organizations & Policy

Last week we learned that Newt Gingrich would not join the 2008 presidential race. Although many of you may disagree with at least some of his politic…

I haven't picked on NAM too much recently, basically nothing since their drama of early this year when their small number of large manufacturer me…

A variety of sources got me to thinking about manufacturing jobs again today. First, Steven commented on a post from a couple months ago that took a c…

Quick! What organization has, in about six months, gone from being virtually non-existent to being a larger employer than 96% of all U.S. businesses?…

Now there's a title for the squeamish! But guess what... a few years from now you may be craving it. An article in today's Knowledge@Wharton t…

This is a little off topic, but many of you know that I have a fascination with economics, or perhaps a better way of saying it is that I have a fasci…

While reviewing an upcoming book from a noted author of lean manufacturing texts, I came across the Caux Round Table, an organization I had not he…

I'm not exactly a big fan of Jack Welch, and neither are some other lean bloggers.  He doesn't exactly epitomize respect for people.  But for…